I've inherited several Muzzleloaders and I would like to get a shopping list of supplies and gear that will be required to use them properly. Some kind of starter kit would be nice if there is such a thing.
The guns in question are:
Mowery Squirrel Rifle
Thompson Center Patriot
CVA Kentucky pistol
They are all .45 caliber percussion. I haven't shot muzzleloaders since about 1982, so my recall is a bit fuzzy.
I could also use a book that will give me some guidance for the basics. I remember the concepts, but it's the details that I can't seem to recall.
Is there a "standard size" .45 round ball or does it have a number of variables?

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Greg “At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child – miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless. Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats.” — P.J. O’Rourke